Maxim - Thanks for bringing this to our attention. It deserves more discussion.
I've provided context here on list and suggested an approach (which has not been objected to) --> https://lists.apache.org/thread/1g8fhlbono3skvf3mb1m4ccormrh1rx8 We don't have anyone stepping forward (*yet*) to be a GSOC mentor at APACHE FINERACT. We do not have any GSOC tasks in our JIRA for 2023. We are not currently accepting GSOC volunteers unless/until we have identified tasks and fineract mentors. Mifos has proposed working on Fineract in their GSOC application, but I've tried to make it clear that we *cannot have an expectation that Fineract volunteers will help bring the code onto the platform unless we have such volunteers*, and that such volunteers are well versed in our quality checks, testing requirements, code standards, etc. Adding to our code debt is simply not an option, and solving our code debt and literally hundreds of open tickets is usually well beyond the scope of a GSOC volunteer or mentor. So, that argues for bringing the GSOC projects into an "experimental branch" and/or for such tasks as: better diagnosis of existing tickets, testing scripts, comprehensive manual testing, documentation, api tooling, other tasks that avoid adding to the "spaghetti" at the core. This is not "flashy" work but rather the necessary work in a project of this complexity/maturity. Longer term of course we need to have a better engagement approach, and I'm curious how other projects at our stage deal with this. James Dailey PMC Chair On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 10:30 AM Ed Cable <edca...@mifos.org> wrote: > Ahmad, > > I'm glad that you're now connected with Rajan and he's helping go through > the PRs. I will discuss with the PMC granting committership so you can play > a more direct role in helping to maintain the apps. > > Thanks, > > Ed > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 6:09 PM Maxim Solodovnik <solomax...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello Ahmad Jawid Muhammadi, >> >> I believe the most proper way is to contact Fineract dev@ mailing list >> (in CC) >> I hope you'll help from Fineract devs ASAP :))) >> >> On Fri, 3 Mar 2023 at 02:25, Ahmad Jawid Muhammadi >> <ahmadjawidmuhamm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Hello, dear Sanyam, >> > >> > I hope you are doing well. At GSoC 2020 I worked on a project called >> Fineract CN Mobile, and then I mentored that project in GSoC 2021. All >> efforts from 2020 and 2021 are pending, and none of the PRs has been >> merged. Rajan Mayura is the only one who I know has access to merge Pull >> Request but we never succeed to get in touch with him despite many emails >> and DM messages in Slack and other mediums. >> > >> > This year, Ed Cable invited me to be a mentor for that project and I >> would love to help contributors but due to the pending Pull Requests, we >> are completely blocked and can't go forward. I would like to know the >> process of being an Apache Committer and how can I get access to that >> project so that I can start reviewing those PRs and merge them. I do >> appreciate your guidance and assistance on this matter. >> > >> > Best regards, >> > Ahmad Jawid Muhammadi >> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Maxim >> > > > -- > *Ed Cable* > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative > edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 > > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> > >
